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Southwest Unified Now Radio: EPISODE #4

Chandler Bootchk — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:00:00 GMT

Content

Return from vacation and business travel
New Plantronics Devices
Gartner's Magic Quandrant for Corporate Telephony
Virtualization Support for Exchange
Interview: "Ben Hur" from LG Nortel
TNG: Exchange 2007 & IPv6 and OCS 2007 Audio Conferencing

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Microsoft Makes the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Corporate Telephony
http://www.nojitter.com/blog/archives/2008/08/microsoft_makes_1.html

Microsoft Virtualization and Licensing Announcements
http://msexchangeteam.com/archive/2008/08/19/449621.aspx

Plantronics Devices
Audio 615: http://www.plantronics.com/MicrosoftUCLaunch/product_detail_audio615m.jhtml
Audio 630: http://www.plantronics.com/MicrosoftUCLaunch/product_detail_audio630m.jhtml

LG Nortel
http://www.lg-nortel.com/
Microsoft UC Devices: http://www.lg-nortel.com:8140/jsp/lgnortel/global/global.product.retrieveProduct.laf?mid=2&openId=1&sid=4&level=2&ca_id1=20040&ca_id2=20052

Exchange and IPv6
IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 cannot be uninstalled. However, we can disable IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 by doing one of the following:

• In the Network Connections folder, obtain properties on all of your connections and adapters and clear the check box next to the Internet Protocol version 6 (TCP/IPv6) component in the list under This connection uses the following items.

This method disables IPv6 on your LAN interfaces and connections, but does not disable IPv6 on tunnel interfaces or the IPv6 loopback interface.

• Add the following registry value (DWORD type) set to 0xFF:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip6\Parameters\DisabledComponents

This method disables IPv6 on all your LAN interfaces, connections, and tunnel interfaces but does not disable the IPv6 loopback interface. You must restart the computer for this registry value to take effect.

But no where it is mentioned that if we disable IPV6 then we will not be able to install E2k7 SP1. Also we are able to reproduce the issue i.e. if we disable IPV6 from the Network Adapter properties then the E2k7 SP1 installation fails on the Hub Transport Role.

And if we disable IPV6 from registry following the second method we are able to install E2k7 SP1, but it is not documented anywhere.

Zoom H2 Handy Recorder
http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1916&brandID=4

The Flip Video
http://www.theflip.com/

Southwest Unified Now Radio: EPISODE #3

Chandler Bootchk — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 23:07:00 GMT

Content

Our Telepresence Experience
Exchange and HyperV
Unified Communications FREE Hosted Trial
Microsoft Online Services
Interview: Cinthia Shields Facetime Communications
HP OCS 2007 Planning Tool
New Partner Solutions Competency for Unified Communications

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Cisco Telepresence: http://www.cisco.com/en/US/netsol/ns669/networking_solutions_solution_segment_home.html

Scott Schnoll's blog on HyperV and Exchange: Http://Blogs.technet.com/scottschnoll

Microsoft Online Services: http://www.microsoft.com/online/learn.mspx

UC Hosted Demo LIVE:
The UC Hosted Trial is now open for business internationally!

The UC Hosted Trial is an online service managed by Unisys which provides customers an opportunity to trial Exchange Server 2007, Office Communications Server 2007, Office Outlook 2007, Office Communicator 2007 and Office Live Meeting without having to install any hardware. Any Microsoft employee can register their customer or prospect for the UC Trial. Up to 20 participants in a company can participate in the 30 day trial.

The signup site has been updated for international-based companies. Non-US based companies can try all the end-user capabilities of the UC Hosted Trial, with the exception of PSTN dialing. Due to legal guidance currently customers based in China cannot participate in the Hosted Trial.

In addition to international access, Federation with Microsoft is now enabled.

HP Sizing Tool for OCS 2007:

The OCS planning tool is designed to provide an estimation of the hardware requirements necessary to support various OCS topologies. The tool takes input from the user such as the number of users in a site, the type of OCS features and functionality, the desired server and storage technologies, and more, and generates a solution topology and associated bill of materials (BOM).

HP Architecture Planning Tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 Sizer Page (requires a free HP passport account to sign-in)
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/Secure/599409-0-0-0-121.html

HP Architecture Planning Tool for Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 user guide on ActiveAnswers:
http://h71019.www7.hp.com/ActiveAnswers/cache/561453-0-0-0-121.html

UC Solutions Competency for Partners: https://partner.microsoft.com/40029082?msp_id=uc

Facetime Communications: www.facetime.com
Cinthia Shields

IM Auditor
Unified Security Gateway

EPISODE #2

Chandler Bootchk — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:16:00 GMT

Content

Welcome; Aikido Man & Name Game
OCS 2007 R2 TAP Program
Windows Server 2008 and OCS 2007
Interview: Grant Miller, Polycom
TNG: Live Meeting Updates
New Feedback Email Address & Contest

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Office Live Meeting Client: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA101733831033.aspx

Conferencing Add-in for Outlook: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HA102368901033.aspx

Mission Impossible: In-Place Upgrading Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008

Grant Miller, Senior Alliance Manager,

Polycom & Microsoft Announcements: http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.aspx?feed=MW&date=20080317&id=8346340

www.polycom.com Have Sales Contact Me link or 1 800 POLYCOM

Samson Audio Q1U Microphone: http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1879&brandID=2

EPISODE #1: The Inaugural Episode

Chandler Bootchk — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 01:00:00 GMT

Content

· Welcome

· Microsoft UC: Hearing is Believing

· Interview: Matt Christopher, Nortel

· What’s Happening

· Tips, Nuggets & Gems: Exchange Edge & Communicator AV Wizard

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Matthew Christopher, Microsoft Alliance Manager for Western Region,

Nortel's History: http://www.nortel.com/corporate/corptime/index.html

Innovative Communications Alliance (ICA) www.innovativecommunicationsalliance.com

Official Exchange product team blog: www.msexchangeteam.com- anything to do with Exchange

Exchange Tech Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/default.aspx

Exchange Webcasts: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/bb288465.aspx

Office Communications Server Tech Center: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb267356.aspx

OCS and Communicator Webcasts: http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/unifiedcommunications.aspx?tab=webcasts&id=all

OCS Ignite Tour (FREE Hands On Training from Quickstart) June 9th & 10th

http://msevents.microsoft.com/CUI/EventDetail.aspx?EventID=1032374131&Culture=en-US

Logitech QuickCam Pro 9000: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/38/3056&cl=us,en